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Continue reading →: Carrboro provides $150,000 to group that works to empower and support youthGrow Your World, a non-profit and youth-centered organization, celebrated receiving a $150,000 grant from the Town of Carrboro. The group’s goal is to empower youth and establish inclusive relationships across generations.
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Continue reading →: Saint Augustine’s students consider options as university battles financial, academic troublesThe Raleigh HBCU has lost its accreditation and suspended in-person classes amid charges of serious financial mismanagement.
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Continue reading →: ‘A moment of grace’: Campus power outage causes UNC student’s special blackout performanceUNC senior Sydney Van Buren’s one-woman show faced an unexpected twist as a power outage darkened her performance. But audience members showed their support in an unforgettable way.
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Continue reading →: Occaneechi Replica Village nominated for national cultural and heritage preservation awardHILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Later this week, the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, one of eight North Carolina state-recognized Indian tribes, will receive a statewide nomination recognizing its efforts in preserving history, culture and traditions through rebuilding the Occaneechi Replica Village in Hillsborough. The replica village is a reconstruction of…
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Continue reading →: Chapel Hill Public Library – one of N.C.’s busiest – nominated for national awardThe Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency supporting and advancing museums and libraries, announced that the Chapel Hill Public Library will be a finalist for its 2024 national medal.
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Continue reading →: Prepping the DishwasherIt’s 7 p.m. in Swain Hall when Ethan Kim, a UNC senior, made his way into the showroom where the residue of the previous show stood. Stage lights of pink, blue and purple slowly found their way to pink, blue and red – a subtle change but necessary in order…
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